The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Xilinx products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Xilinx over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Xilinx, Inc.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Xilinx
Rank 537 554 567
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +13
Contract jobs citing Xilinx 3 27 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% 0.046% 0.022%
As % of the Vendors category 0.014% 0.099% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £475 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £475 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 10
Average hourly rate £41.50 £31.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.80% -10.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.30 £26.00 £31.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.70 £46.10 £40.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £41.50 £31.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+32.80% -10.71%
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
22181 27194 27998
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 46.98% 46.52% 46.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11810 13898 14021
Average daily rate £400 £400 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1218 1319 1577
Average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.23 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%

Xilinx
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Xilinx within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Xilinx Jobs Demand Trend

Xilinx
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Xilinx within the UK.

Xilinx Daily Rate Trend

Xilinx
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Xilinx within the UK.

Xilinx Hourly Rate Trend

Xilinx
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Xilinx within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +26 3 - -
South West +19 1 - -
Cambridge +8 1 - -
Cambridgeshire +5 1 - -
East of England +4 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Devon - 1 - -

Xilinx
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Xilinx also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Xilinx.

1 21 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 19 (90.48%) VHDL
3 10 (47.62%) Electronics
4 9 (42.86%) Verilog
5 7 (33.33%) Firmware
6 6 (28.57%) Ethernet
7 5 (23.81%) C
7 5 (23.81%) Telecoms
7 5 (23.81%) Mentor Graphics
8 4 (19.05%) Visualisation
8 4 (19.05%) Military
8 4 (19.05%) ASIC
8 4 (19.05%) C++
8 4 (19.05%) Linux
9 3 (14.29%) Altera
10 2 (9.524%) Twitter
10 2 (9.524%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (9.524%) MATLAB
10 2 (9.524%) Tcl
11 1 (4.762%) Device Driver
11 1 (4.762%) Configuration Management
11 1 (4.762%) PhD
11 1 (4.762%) MS Visio
11 1 (4.762%) Motorola
11 1 (4.762%) Borland
11 1 (4.762%) Perl
11 1 (4.762%) VB
11 1 (4.762%) Windows
11 1 (4.762%) StarTeam
11 1 (4.762%) Degree

Xilinx
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Xilinx also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Xilinx. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Visio
1 1 (4.762%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.762%) EMB Igloo
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (4.762%) StarTeam
General
1 10 (47.62%) Electronics
2 5 (23.81%) Telecoms
3 4 (19.05%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) FPGA Engineer
2 10 (47.62%) Design Engineer
3 9 (42.86%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 5 (23.81%) FPGA Designer
4 5 (23.81%) Designer
5 4 (19.05%) Firmware Engineer
5 4 (19.05%) Electronics Engineer
6 3 (14.29%) ASIC Design Engineer
7 1 (4.762%) Developer
7 1 (4.762%) Digital Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 19 (90.48%) VHDL
3 9 (42.86%) Verilog
4 7 (33.33%) Firmware
5 4 (19.05%) Visualisation
5 4 (19.05%) ASIC
6 1 (4.762%) Device Driver
6 1 (4.762%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Linux
2 2 (9.524%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (4.762%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (4.762%) Configuration Management
1 1 (4.762%) Communications Security
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) C
2 4 (19.05%) C++
3 2 (9.524%) MATLAB
3 2 (9.524%) Tcl
4 1 (4.762%) Perl
4 1 (4.762%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (4.762%) PhD
1 1 (4.762%) Degree
1 1 (4.762%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.762%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) Mentor Graphics
2 3 (14.29%) Altera
3 2 (9.524%) Twitter
4 1 (4.762%) Motorola
4 1 (4.762%) Borland
4 1 (4.762%) Green Hills
4 1 (4.762%) Actel
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